Jaume Obrador Soler
Jaume Obrador Soler was a Spanish missionary, politician and social activist.
Life and career
Soler was ordained a priest in 1966. From 1966 to 1972, he worked as a missionary in Burundi. He carried out his activity in Gitongo and Bugenyuzi. Returning to Mallorca, he became secularized in 1973. He joined the JOC and participated in the neighbourhood movement of Palma through the neighbourhood commissions, in hiding, which later became anti-capitalist neighbourhood platforms. Later he participated in the promotion of the first neighbourhood associations. He was a member of the Communist Workers' Circles and, later, of the OEC. In 1979, he was elected councillor of the Palma City Council by the PSM. In 1981, he left office and participated in the constitution of Esquerra Mallorquina. In 1995, he was the founder of "Neighbours Without Borders", made up of people linked to the Federation of Neighbourhood Associations of Palma, of which he was the president.Soler died on 8 August 2025.